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Yes I’ve moved houses! You can follow it all on Instagram #isabelleflyttar It’s been a hectic couple of weeks. I had two weeks before moving in and now we’re living in a mess but a fun one. Except that my oldest daughter is ill with a flu & high fever that never ends. I will tell you all about my renovation soon but here are some details.

These walls had a kind of woven armouring fabric kind of wallpaper that is so damn ugly. Something you used to put up in all the hospitals and schools in Sweden. So I took in Therese from Marteleur Måleri to help me broad spackle it all. I’m lousy at it so I got some help. therese I found via my scholarship for handy women isabellestipendiet.se and she’s a great painter if you need one around Stockholm.

Downstairs we removed an old vinyl flooring and found wood underneath. Some boards was beyond repair so we had to change them (you see two of them higher in this pic) but it was so worth it! This is before we treated it all and made the floors a bit more grey.

We have been without a kitchen for 10 days now. This is our very modern fridge.

The corner we’re the kitchen will be. So much planning in making it all right.
Until I can post more about this – check my instagram @isabellemcallister if you are as curious as I am about my own house ;-)

Next week Thursday I’ll give a talk about content marketing and new ways of working in a ever changing communication environment. The talk is in Swedish, in Stockholm & for free so I’ll talk more about it here in Swedish.

I never tough it would be this much fun having a cat. I was afraid of the smell – with good sand and a closed box it’s pretty much non-existent! and I thought they where boring- like sleeping all day with a bad temper. But this one is totally bonkers. And he (yes it’s a he Ragnhild you where right) comes and greet us by the door when we are coming home. And he totally are in the way sitting on my lap top when I’m working from home.

With us moving soon it’s pretty much like a amusement park for cats here right now. Loads of boxes to climb on, jump to and hide in.

Last week it was the Formex Fair in Stockholm – where they show all new small interior stuff. This was from the opening exhibition that Saša Antić and Niklas Hansen had beautifully put up together. I just had an hour to get around – had some meetings out there and these images are some snaps from things that caught my eye.

Littlephant and Camilla Lundsten was so crazy bizzy I couldn’t get a decent shot of her monter or her. ( She always looks like a stylish Bonbon) But they have started to do wallets and stuff in leather. Like em a lot!

It’s been a while! This blurry image is all I had time to produce in way to long. My family is bonding over some Zombie game on the Ipad as you can see in the back, the cat is all the time on my keyboard or simply on the laptop being in the way of me working. But damn – I never guessed it would have been so much fun having a cat! Such a joy. I have sold the kids bed, our headboards, the sofa table and the buggy. Slowly we are getting ready for our move to the new apartment. My days are filled with color samples and thinking decoration & building stuff. I’ll give you all a big update soon! For me it’s like the excitement before x-mas for kids. Can’t wait to move!!
I’ve also skipped sugar, bread and alcohol for a week now and upped my working out game – so good. I feel such a difference in a very short amount of time. It’s amazing! What else- yes now I’ll go to the movies – we’re gonna see Catching Fire!
Big kisses

Since we will not have place for this tremendous loft bed in our new home I’ve put up this bed for sale over at Blocket. Hope any of you feel the need for a real unicorn at home!

I wont be selling the bed underneath since it s an old family bed but it is possible to just put any other bed instead. Or put it up a bit lower (just cut a piece of the birch) and use the curtains as a hideaway straight on the floor!
I will miss this bed. But I’m so ready moving!

“She’s here”
Nebraska is so far away Jenny is poltergeisting at our house! Must be the smell of coffee & birthday – cake that we ate in her honor today that makes her come to our house in whatever shape she’s up for today! Hope you had a great day – where ever you are!

Hello dosfamily friends! We’ve been a bit absent but this last months has taken it’s toll on both of us and we’re taking a break from everything. We’ll be back with a brand new great plan after the holidays! In the meanwhile you can follow us on instagram – Jenny’s adventures @jennyfromdosfamily and me @isabellemcallister

Since we’ll be moving houses in January I’ve started to go through some of my stuff and then I found these old DIY- pages called Skaparlust in the magazine Sköna Hem that actually was some of my first jobs I did when I moved back home from Belgium in 2002. I still think it’s a good idea.

To do photo’s on leather I simply printed photos on t-shirt transfer paper and the ironed it on the leather. Do not use to high of the heating rather go over it for a longer time. You can use leather from a leather skirt or old jacket or just buy a piece of it whole. I glued the leather on wood to get a nice kind of frame – mounted look. I used cheap wooden cutting boards that had that round feeling to them allready. Then glued the leather on top and simply cut of the excess when the glue is dry.

For the same magazine I also did this make a photo frame lamp DIY. I used a lamp from Ikea that the don’t sell anymore but they do have a similar one called Gyllen. I printed the image on over head paper but I think you can print it on normal paper as long as it isn’t labeled on the back (it will shine through). I bought two pieces of plexi that fitted the lamp. And put it up in stead of normal printed plastic/glass that makes the lamp…

Well watching this it feels pretty good! 12 -13 years ago me and some girl friends had a x-mas day just playing this clip on repeat. It was snow storm and we had a blast at Blåsut. Where my friend Gabi used to live. This video still makes me go hmm.

And then he just disappeared! You couldn’t get any new at all. A bit like Lauren hill. But now he’s back. Check out the album on Spotify or itunes… I don’t know what I think just yet. What do you think?